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Visa Announces Strategic Community Partners for a “Healthy & Vibrant” San Francisco

Visa commits to community development in San Francisco in conjunction
with new presence; holds inaugural Visa SF Community Day

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2014--
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, today announced the
company’s commitment to a “Healthy & Vibrant” San Francisco, including
collaboration with five strategic community partner organizations.
Beginning with $500,000 in philanthropic support for specific programs
as well as ongoing employee volunteerism, the company will work with
these key non-profit organizations in their efforts to create economic
opportunity, serve youth, provide food security, support green
neighborhoods and respond in times of emergency in San Francisco.

Under Visa’s “Healthy & Vibrant” local community theme, Visa has
provided financial support to and will engage employees in the following
organizations and specific programs:

Today’s announcement coincides with Visa’s inaugural “San Francisco
Community Day.” Beginning at Visa’s recently-opened One Market
innovation center and office space in downtown San Francisco, the day
starts with an event to bring together leaders from the five nonprofit
organizations as well as local public officials, followed by Visa
employees fanning out across San Francisco for service projects with the
five groups.

“San Francisco today is thriving with a strong economy and a
world-class, diverse workforce,” said Mayor Ed Lee. “San Francisco is an
ideal hub of innovation for Visa and their many clients, and I applaud
them for their commitment to our communities and for their strong
partnership to continue to keep San Francisco healthy and vibrant.”

“Visa is proud to support the San Francisco community through these
tremendous organizations and our inaugural San Francisco Community Day,”
said Antonio Lucio, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer,
and Chair, Visa Charitable Contributions Committee. “With more than
3,000 employees in the Bay Area and our new One Market center in San
Francisco, we are dedicated to continuing to support healthy and vibrant
communities, from San Francisco to Miami, from Dubai to Singapore.”

“Partnerships between companies like Visa and non-profits like the Food
Bank are integral to the success of a thriving city,” said Paul Ash,
executive director of the SF-Marin Food Bank. “Visa’s commitment to San
Francisco and its non-profit partners will ensure that the city remains
healthy and vibrant for many years to come.”

In addition to the San Francisco Community Day event, November marks the
company’s third annual “Global Volunteer Month.” During November,
thousands of Visa employees in more than 25 countries will be
volunteering to help their local communities.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is a global payments technology company that connects
consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more
than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable
electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced
processing networks — VisaNet — that is capable of handling more than
56,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for
consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does
not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers.
Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers
to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead of time
with prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information,
visit usa.visa.com/about-visa,
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and @VisaNews.